playing dressup :::
This week I have mostly been planning dressing up, dressing up and planning more dressing up. I had a hot date with some spray mount, a tub of glitter and some high gloss varnish on Saturday and my newly gold ukulele accompanied me as a prop for yesterday’s photoshoot...
it’s done! but it feels like the beginning :::
Isn’t it beyootiful?
So, the album is done done done so now it’s on to video treatment writing, website making, photo planning, costume designing busyness – this was yesterday:
Lots and lots of electric blue tulle plus the expertise of the lovely Maradoll equals one outfit almost ready.
Mister B helped of course:
Oh,...
no feathers, no leathers :::
With just one more studio day remaining to complete my album ready for mastering it’s time to turn my attention to visuals. There’s a lot to be done: photos, website, video content…all, for me, just as exciting and important as the music – more ways to tell stories.
I...
audioboo snippet of “olympian” + 5507 views on yt! :::
Just a quickie while I eagerly await a delivery of Thai food, which will hopefully blast this cough and cold out of the water once and for all after a miserable fortnight. I have an IBC gig tomorrow night and I’d like to be able to sing without too...
new song, audioboo album snippets + running order :::
After a productive writing session today I have finished the last song for the album, “Olympian”, which brings the running time to around 44 minutes. Phew! Everything else is recorded apart from that plus a couple of cheeky B-sides I’m planning, so it shouldn’t be long until I...
day off – sort of / album stuff / crisis christmas shows :::
No studio for me today, which feels weird after such long hours spent there in the last few weeks. Myles is mixing “Slow Puncture” and “Ghosts & Shadows” while I try and catch up on a pile of video work that’s been languishing on my home computer while I’ve...
album recording update :::
Sounds become numbers. Songs in a list. 12 days done, 3 to go. 8 songs recorded and mixed, 2 more to record music for, 4 more to sing on. 1 set of lyrics to complete…eek.
3 lovely friends donated handclaps to “Like Liars” last Thursday (1 of whom...